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{{For|the Earth, Wind & Fire song|September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[455]] – Emperor [[Avitus]] enters [[Italy]] with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maenchen-Helfen|first=Otto|title=The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture|location=Berkeley|publisher=University of California Press|date=1973|isbn=9780520015968|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKXeEAAAQBAJ|page=145|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Mathisen|first=Ralph W.|title=Studies in the History, Literature and Society of Late Antiquity|location=Amsterdam|publisher=A.M. Hakkert|date=1991|isbn=9789025609832|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6cVmAAAAMAAJ&q=Avitus+%22September+21%22+%22455%22|page=139}}</ref> *[[1170]] – [[Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland]]: The [[Kingdom of Dublin]] falls to [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] invaders.<ref>{{cite book|last=State|first=Paul F.|title=A Brief History of Ireland|location=New York|publisher=Facts On File|date=2009|isbn=9780816075164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l24l91AqAjYC|page=66}}</ref> *[[1217]] – [[Livonian Crusade]]: The Estonian leader [[Lembitu]] and Livonian leader [[Caupo of Turaida]] are killed in the [[Battle of St. Matthew's Day]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rebane|first=Peep Peter|chapter=From Fulco to Theoderic: The Changing Face of the Livonian Mission|editor-last=Murray|editor-first=Alan V.|title=The North-Eastern Frontiers of Medieval Europe: The Expansion of Latin Christendom in the Baltic Lands|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2016|isbn=9781409436805|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgokDwAAQBAJ|page=99}}</ref> *[[1435]] – The [[Congress of Arras|Treaty of Arras]] is promulgated, causing [[Burgundian State|Burgundy]] to switch sides in the [[Hundred Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Joycelyne Gledhill|title=The Congress of Arras, 1435: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy|location=New York|publisher=Biblo and Tannen|date=1972|isbn=9780819602817|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEiOso5yIIoC|pages=viii–ix, 179}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1745]] – A British government army led by [[John Cope (British Army officer)|Sir John Cope]] is [[Battle of Prestonpans|defeated]] in less than 15 minutes by the [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] forces of [[Charles Edward Stuart|Prince Charles Edward Stuart]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Schofield|first=Victoria|title=The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899, the Official Regimental History|location=London|publisher=Quercus|date=2012|isbn=9781849165501|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=guDQBAAAQBAJ|page=25}}</ref> *[[1776]] – Part of [[New York City]] is [[Great Fire of New York (1776)|burned]] shortly after being occupied by British forces.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Immerwahr |first1=Daniel |title=Did George Washington Burn New York? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/03/george-washington-burn-new-york-great-fire-1776/672780/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |magazine=The Atlantic |volume=331 |issue=2 |date=31 January 2023 |page=74 |language=en |url-access=subscription |issn=1072-7825}}</ref> *[[1780]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Benedict Arnold]] gives the British the plans to West Point. *[[1792]] – [[French Revolution]]: The [[National Convention]] [[Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy|abolishes the monarchy]]. *[[1809]] – British [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies|Secretary of War]] [[Lord Castlereagh]] and [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]] [[George Canning]] meet in a [[Castlereagh-Canning duel|duel]] on [[Putney Heath]], with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh.<ref>Hunt, Giles. ''The Duel: Castlereagh, Canning and Deadly Cabinet Rivalry''. Bloomsbury Academic, 2008. p. 137</ref> *[[1843]] – The crew of [[Chilean schooner Ancud (1843)|schooner ''Ancud'']], led by [[John Williams Wilson]], [[Chilean colonization of the Strait of Magellan|takes possession]] of the [[Strait of Magellan]] on behalf of the Chilean government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.defensa.cl/noticias/a-178-anos-de-la-toma-de-posesion-del-estrecho-de-magallanes-ministro-prokurica-resalta-a-los-unifor/ |title=A 178 años de la Toma de Posesión del Estrecho de Magallanes, ministro Prokurica resalta a los uniformados que hacen Patria en lugares apartados |date=2021-09-22 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Ministerio de Defensa Nacional |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=A history of the Chilean boundaries |last=Talbott |first=Robert D.|chapter=The Strait of Magellan |publisher=The Iowa State University Press |year=1974 |isbn=0-8138-0305-5 |edition=Replica |location=|pages=82}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Second Opium War]]: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the [[Battle of Palikao]]. *[[1862]] – [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The [[Ever Victorious Army]] defeats Taiping forces at the [[Battle of Cixi]].<ref name="Jian">{{cite book |last1=Jian |first1=Youwen |title=The Taiping Revolutionary Movement |date=1973 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |page=485}}</ref><ref name="Carr">{{cite book |last1=Carr |first1=Caleb |title=The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |pages=293–294}}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan]]: British forces under the command of [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Horatio Kitchener]] take [[Dongola]]. *[[1898]] – [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] seizes power and ends the [[Hundred Days' Reform]] in [[Qing dynasty|China]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1921]] – A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, [[Oppau explosion|explodes]], killing 500–600 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=French Ministry of Environment, Explosion in a nitrogenous fertiliser plant, ARIA 14373 |url=https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/wp-content/files_mf/FD_14373_oppau_1921_ang.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806185119/https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/wp-content/files_mf/FD_14373_oppau_1921_ang.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=ARIA}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Salvador Lutteroth]] establishes Mexican professional wrestling. *[[1934]] – A large [[1934 Muroto typhoon|typhoon]] hits western [[Honshu|Honshū]], Japan, killing more than 3,000 people. *[[1937]] – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'' is published for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shippey |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Shippey |title=The Hobbit: What has made the book such an enduring success? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9555838/The-Hobbit-What-has-made-the-book-such-an-enduring-success.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127082027/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9555838/The-Hobbit-What-has-made-the-book-such-an-enduring-success.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=20 September 2012 |access-date=29 March 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> ([[September 22]] is celebrated by some fans as [[Hobbit Day]], however.) *[[1938]] – The [[1938 New England hurricane|Great Hurricane of 1938]] makes landfall on Long Island in [[New York (state)|New York]]. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people. *[[1939]] – Romanian Prime Minister [[Armand Călinescu]] is assassinated by the [[Iron Guard]]. *[[1942]] – [[The Holocaust in Ukraine]]: On the Jewish holiday of [[Yom Kippur]], Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of [[Pidhaitsi]] to [[Belzec extermination camp|Bełżec extermination camp]]. * 1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: In [[Dunaivtsi]], Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews. * 1942 – [[The Holocaust in Poland]]: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to [[Biała Podlaska]]. * 1942 – The [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]] makes its maiden flight. *[[1953]] – Lieutenant [[No Kum-sok]], a [[North Korea]]n [[Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force|pilot]], defects to [[South Korea]] with his jet fighter. *[[1957]] – ''[[Pamir (ship)|Pamir]]'', a four-masted [[barque]], was shipwrecked and sank off the [[Azores]] during [[Hurricane Carrie]].<ref>Hauke Goos. [https://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/51955556 "Die Seelenverkäufer"] (in German) - ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', 25/2007, pp. 86–95</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Malta]] gains independence from the [[United Kingdom]], but remains in the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]. * 1964 – The [[North American XB-70 Valkyrie]], the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]], California. *[[1965]] – [[The Gambia]], [[Maldives]] and [[Singapore]] are admitted as members of the [[United Nations]]. *[[1969]] – [[Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801]], a Boeing 727-100 passenger plane, crashes during a landing attempt in Mexico City, killing 27 of the 118 occupants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crash of a Boeing 727-64 in Mexico City: 27 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-boeing-727-64-mexico-city-27-killed |publisher=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |access-date=16 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Bahrain]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Qatar]] join the United Nations. *[[1972]] – Philippine President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] begins authoritarian rule by [[Proclamation № 1081|declaring martial law]]. *[[1976]] – [[Orlando Letelier]] is [[Assassination of Orlando Letelier|assassinated]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], at the order of [[Augusto Pinochet]]. * 1976 – [[Seychelles]] joins the United Nations. *[[1981]] – [[Belize]] is granted full independence from the United Kingdom. * 1981 – [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] is unanimously approved by the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] as the first female Supreme Court justice. *[[1984]] – [[Brunei]] joins the United Nations. *[[1991]] – [[Armenia]] gains independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1993]] – Russian President [[Boris Yeltsin]] triggers a [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]] when he suspends [[Duma|parliament]] and scraps [[Russian Constitution of 1978|the constitution]]. * 1993 – A [[1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks|Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-134 is shot down]] by a missile in the [[Black Sea]] near Sokhumi, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tu-134A-3 c/n 40120 |url=https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/176_67926 |website=Soviet Transport Database }}</ref> *[[1996]] – The [[Defense of Marriage Act]] is passed by the [[United States Congress]]. *[[1997]] – [[St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää|St. Olaf's Church]], a stone church from the 16th century in [[Tyrvää]], [[Finland]], is burnt down by a burglar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sastamalanseurakunta.fi/pyhaolavi/english.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720193052/http://www.sastamalanseurakunta.fi/pyhaolavi/english.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Church of St Olaf|archivedate=July 20, 2011}}</ref> *[[1999]] – The [[1999 Jiji earthquake|Chi-Chi earthquake]] occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. *[[2001]] – ''[[America: A Tribute to Heroes]]'' is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks. * 2001 – [[murder of Ross Parker|Ross Parker is murdered]] in [[Peterborough|Peterborough, England]], by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths. *[[2003]] – The [[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo spacecraft]] is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere. *[[2012]] – Three [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] militants open fire on a group of [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli soldiers]] in a [[September 2012 southern Israel cross-border attack|southern Israel cross-border attack]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4284951,00.html|title=Jihadists say launched border attack as 'revenge over film'|date=2012-09-23|work=Ynetnews|access-date=2018-10-30|language=en}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] Islamic militants [[Westgate shopping mall attack|attack the Westgate shopping mall]] in [[Kenya]], killing at least 67 people. *[[2015]] – [[AdventHealth#Lawsuits|Adventist Health System]] agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of [[fraud]]. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/adventist-health-whistleblower-settlemen/adventist-health-system-to-pay-118-mln-to-settle-fraud-claims-idUSL1N11R2DK20150921|title=Adventist Health System to pay $118 mln to settle fraud claims|last=Pierson|first=Brendan|date=2015-09-21|website=[[Reuters]]|access-date=2023-10-27}}</ref> *[[2018]] – LGBT rights activist [[Zak Kostopoulos]] is beaten to death on a busy street in Athens<ref name=fa>{{cite web |title=The Killing of Zak Kostopoulos |url=https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-killing-of-zak-kostopoulos |website=[[Forensic Architecture]] |access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref> *[[2019]] – A 5.6 M<sub>w</sub> [[2019 Albania earthquake|earthquake]] shakes the [[Albania]]n port of [[Durrës]]. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, [[Tirana]].<ref>{{citation|website=Global News|title=5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Albanian capital city |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5933837/earthquake-albania-tirana/|date=Sep 21, 2019|access-date=Sep 21, 2019}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[580]] – [[Pope Vitalian]] (died 672) * [[953]] – [[Abu Ishaq Ibrahim (Buyid)|Abu Ishaq Ibrahim]], Buyid prince *[[1051]] – [[Bertha of Savoy]] (died 1087) *[[1371]] – [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg]] (died 1440) *[[1407]] – [[Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara]], Italian noble (died 1450) *[[1411]] – [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York]], English politician, [[Lord Protector of England]] (died 1460) *[[1415]] – [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1493) *[[1428]] – [[Jingtai Emperor]] of China (died 1457) *[[1433]] – [[Guillaume Fichet]], French scholar and academic (died 1480) *[[1452]] – [[Girolamo Savonarola]], Italian priest and philosopher (died 1498) *[[1457]] – [[Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria]], Polish princess (died 1502) *[[1552]] – [[Barbara Longhi]], Italian painter (died 1638) *[[1559]] – [[Cigoli]], Italian painter and architect (died 1613) ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Philip Howard (cardinal)|Philip Howard]], English cardinal (died 1694) *[[1640]] – [[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans]], younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife (died 1701) *[[1645]] – [[Louis Jolliet]], Canadian explorer (died 1700) *[[1706]] – [[Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg]] (died 1735) *[[1758]] – [[Christopher Gore]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 8th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1827) *[[1760]] – [[Ivan Dmitriev]], Russian poet and politician, [[List of Ministers of Justice of Imperial Russia|Minister of Justice for Imperial Russia]] (died 1837) *[[1761]] – [[Antoine Barnave]], French politician and orator (died 1793)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notice de Personne: Barnave, Antoine (1761-1793) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12028056d |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=Bibliothèque nationale de France: Catalog générale |language=fr}}</ref> *[[1776]] – [[John Fitchett (poet)|John Fitchett]], English poet (died 1838) *[[1819]] – [[Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois]] (died 1864) *[[1840]] – [[Murad V]], Ottoman sultan (died 1904) *[[1842]] – [[Abdul Hamid II]], 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1918) *[[1846]] – [[Mihály Kolossa]], Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (died 1906) *[[1849]] – [[Maurice Barrymore]], American actor (died 1905) *[[1851]] – [[Fanny Searls]], American biologist (died 1939)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tiehm |first=Arnold |title=Fanny Searls (1851–1939)| journal=Brittonia |volume=37 |number=1 |year=1985 |page=41| doi=10.1007/BF02809668|bibcode=1985Britt..37...41T |s2cid=87755152 }}</ref> *[[1853]] – [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1926) *[[1859]] – [[Francesc Macià]], Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd [[List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya|President of Catalonia]] (died 1933) *[[1862]] – [[James E. Talmage]], English-American religious leader and author (died 1933) *[[1863]] – [[John Bunny]], American actor (died 1915) *[[1866]] – [[Charles Nicolle]], French-Tunisian microbiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1936) * 1866 – [[H. G. Wells]], English novelist, historian, and critic (died 1946) *[[1867]] – [[Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe]], English politician, 4th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (died 1958) * 1867 – [[Henry L. Stimson]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th [[United States Secretary of State]] (died 1950) *[[1872]] – [[Henry Tingle Wilde]], English chief officer on the [[RMS Titanic]] (died 1912) *[[1873]] – [[Papa Jack Laine]], American drummer and bandleader (died 1966) *[[1874]] – [[Gustav Holst]], English composer and educator (died 1934) *[[1878]] – [[Peter McWilliam]], Scottish-English footballer and manager (died 1951) *[[1882]] – [[Geevarghese Ivanios]], Indian metropolitan (died 1953) *[[1884]] – [[Dénes Kőnig]], Hungarian mathematician and theorist (died 1944) *[[1890]] – [[Max Immelmann]], German lieutenant and pilot (died 1916) * 1890 – [[Charles William Train]], English sergeant, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (died 1965) *[[1893]] – [[Erna Scheffler]], German lawyer and [[List of justices of the Federal Constitutional Court|justice of the Federal Constitutional Court]] (died 1983)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hansen |first=Marike |title=Erna Scheffler (1893–1983): Erste Richterin am Bundesverfassungsgericht und Wegbereiterin einer geschlechtergerechten Gesellschaft |publisher=Mohr Siebeck |year=2019 |isbn=978-3-16-157603-4 |location=Tübingen |page=9 |language=de |doi=10.1628/978-3-16-157603-4 |s2cid=216488304}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Anton Piëch]], Austrian lawyer and businessman (died 1952) *[[1898]] – [[Frances Mary Albrier]], American civil rights activist (died 1987)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:45166419$34i|title=Harvard Mirador Viewer|website=iiif.lib.harvard.edu|access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Frederick Coutts]], Scottish 8th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (died 1986) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Luis Cernuda]], Spanish poet and critic (died 1963) * 1902 – [[Allen Lane]], English publisher, founded [[Penguin Books]] (died 1970) * 1902 – [[Howie Morenz]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 1937) *[[1903]] – [[Preston Tucker]], American engineer and businessman, designed the [[1948 Tucker Sedan|Tucker Sedan]] (died 1956) *[[1904]] – [[Hans Hartung]], German-French painter (died 1989) *[[1905]] – [[Robert Lebel (ice hockey)|Robert Lebel]], Canadian businessman and politician (died 1999) *[[1906]] – [[Henry Beachell]], American biologist and botanist (died 2006) *[[1909]] – [[Kwame Nkrumah]], Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st [[President of Ghana]] (died 1972) *[[1910]] – [[Meinrad Schütter]], Swiss composer (died 2006) *[[1912]] – [[Chuck Jones]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 21: Stephen King, Liam Gallagher |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-21-Stephen-King-Liam-Gallagher/8631663448724/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=20 September 2023 |date=21 September 2022}}</ref> * 1912 – [[György Sándor]], Hungarian pianist and composer (died 2005) *[[1916]] – [[Françoise Giroud]], Swiss-French journalist and politician, [[Minister of Culture (France)|French Minister of Culture]] (died 2003) *[[1917]] – [[Phyllis Nicolson]], English mathematician and academic (died 1968) *[[1918]] – [[John Gofman]], American physicist, chemist, and biologist (died 2007) * 1918 – [[Karl Slover]], American actor (died 2011) * 1918 – [[Juan José Arreola]], Mexican writer and academic (died 2001) *[[1919]] – [[Mario Bunge]], Argentinian-Canadian physicist and philosopher (died 2020) * 1919 – [[Herman Fowlkes, Jr.]], American trumpet player and educator (died 1993) * 1919 – [[Fazlur Rahman Malik]], Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1988) *[[1920]] – [[Kenneth McAlpine]], British race car driver (died 2023) *[[1921]] – [[John McHale (baseball)|John McHale]], American baseball player and manager (died 2008) *[[1923]] – [[Fred Hunt (musician)|Fred Hunt]], British jazz pianist (died 1986)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fred-hunt-mn0000180587/biography| title = Fred Hunt Biography| website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Hermann Buhl]], Austrian mountaineer (died 1957) *[[1926]] – [[Don Dunstan]], Fijian-Australian lawyer and politician, 35th [[Premier of South Australia]] (died 1999) * 1926 – [[Donald A. Glaser]], American physicist and neurobiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2013) * 1926 – [[Fereydoon Moshiri]], Iranian poet and critic (died 2000) *[[1929]] – [[Sándor Kocsis]], Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1979) * 1929 – [[Edgar Valter]], Estonian author and illustrator (died 2006) * 1929 – [[Bernard Williams]], English-Italian philosopher and academic (died 2003) *[[1930]] – [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]], Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (died 2004) * 1930 – [[Bob Stokoe]], English footballer and manager (died 2004) *[[1931]] – [[Larry Hagman]], American actor, director, and producer (died 2012)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1932]] – [[Shirley Conran]], English journalist and author (died 2024) * 1932 – [[Marjorie Fletcher]], English Director of the [[Women's Royal Naval Service]] (died 2008) * 1932 – [[Don Preston]], American keyboard player and composer *[[1933]] – [[Allan Jeans]], Australian footballer and coach (died 2011) * 1933 – [[Dick Simon]], American race car driver *[[1934]] – [[Leonard Cohen]], Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (died 2016)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1934 – [[María Rubio]], Mexican actress (died 2018) *[[1935]] – [[Jimmy Armfield]], English footballer and manager (died 2018) * 1935 – [[Henry Gibson]], American actor (died 2009) *[[1936]] – [[Ian Albery]], English manager and producer * 1936 – [[Dickey Lee]], American pop-country singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1936 – [[Yury Luzhkov]], Russian soldier and politician, 2nd [[Mayor of Moscow]] (died 2019) * 1936 – [[Diane Rehm]], American journalist and radio host<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1937]] – [[John D'Amico (ice hockey)|John D'Amico]], Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 2005) *[[1938]] – [[Doug Moe]], American basketball player and coach * 1938 – [[Olu Falae]], Nigerian politician and government official *[[1939]] – [[Agnivesh]], Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 2020) *[[1940]] – [[Ron Fenton]], English footballer, coach, and manager (died 2013) * 1940 – [[Hermann Knoflacher]], Austrian engineer and academic * 1940 – [[Bill Kurtis]], American journalist and producer<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1941]] – [[Jack Brisco]], American wrestler and manager (died 2010) * 1941 – [[R. James Woolsey, Jr.]], American scholar and diplomat, 16th [[Director of Central Intelligence]] *[[1942]] – [[Sam McDowell]], American baseball player *[[1943]] – [[David Hood]], American session bassist and trombone player * 1943 – [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], American film and television producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1944]] – [[Steve Beshear]], American lawyer and politician, 61st [[Governor of Kentucky]] * 1944 – [[Marcus Binney]], English historian and author * 1944 – [[Fannie Flagg]], American actress, comedian, and author<ref name="AP" /> * 1944 – [[Hamilton Jordan]], American politician, 8th [[White House Chief of Staff]] (died 2008) * 1944 – [[Bobby Tench]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024) *[[1945]] – [[Richard Childress]], American race car driver and businessman * 1945 – [[Shaw Clifton]], Northern Irish 18th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (died 2023) * 1945 – [[Kay Ryan]], American poet and educator *[[1946]] – [[Rose Garrard]], English sculptor and author * 1946 – [[Moritz Leuenberger]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 87th [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] * 1946 – [[Mart Siimann]], Estonian psychologist and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] *[[1947]] – [[Don Felder]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1947 – [[Keith Harris (ventriloquist)|Keith Harris]], English ventriloquist and singer (died 2015) * 1947 – [[Rupert Hine]], English musician, songwriter, and record producer (died 2020) * 1947 – [[Stephen King]], American author and screenwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 21, 2022 includes celebrities Stephen King, Bill Murray |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-21-2022-includes-celebrities-stephen-king-bill-murray.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=20 September 2023 |date=21 September 2022}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Ed Nimmervoll]], Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (died 2014) * 1947 – [[Marsha Norman]], American playwright and author *[[1948]] – [[Jack Dromey]], English union leader and politician (died 2022) * 1948 – [[Mitsuo Momota]], Japanese wrestler * 1948 – [[John B. O'Reilly Jr.]], American politician (died 2025)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former longtime Dearborn Mayor John 'Jack' O'Reilly Jr. has died, says family |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/former-longtime-dearborn-mayor-john-jack-oreilly-jr-has-died-says-family |access-date=1 January 2025 |publisher=Fox 2 Detroit |date=1 January 2025}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Henry Butler]], American pianist and photographer (died 2018) * 1949 – [[Artis Gilmore]], American basketball player and radio host * 1949 – [[Odilo Scherer]], Brazilian cardinal *[[1950]] – [[Charles Clarke]], English economist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Education]] * 1950 – [[Bill Murray]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1951]] – [[Bruce Arena]], American soccer player and manager * 1951 – [[Aslan Maskhadov]], Chechen general and politician, 3rd [[President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] (died 2005) *[[1952]] – [[Dave Gregory (musician)|Dave Gregory]], English guitarist and keyboard player * 1952 – [[John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick]], English lawyer and politician *[[1953]] – [[Arie Luyendyk]], Dutch race car driver and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" /> * 1953 – [[Reinhard Marx]], German cardinal *[[1954]] – [[Shinzo Abe]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (died 2022)<ref name="Death">{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/world/asia/shinzo-abe-dead.html|title= Shinzo Abe, Japan's Longest-Serving Prime Minister, Dies at 67| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=8 July 2022|access-date=8 July 2022}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Thomas S. Ray]], American ecologist and academic * 1954 – [[Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor]], English rock drummer (died 2015) *[[1955]] – [[Richard Hieb]], American engineer and astronaut * 1955 – [[Israel Katz]], Israeli politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=69 |title=Israel Katz |publisher=Knesset |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> * 1955 – [[Mika Kaurismäki]], Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1956]] – [[Jack Givens]], American basketball player and sportscaster * 1956 – [[Marta Kauffman]], American screenwriter and producer * 1956 – [[Ricky Morton]], American wrestler *[[1957]] – [[Ethan Coen]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1957 – [[Mark Levin]], American lawyer, radio host, and author * 1957 – [[Sidney Moncrief]], American basketball player and coach * 1957 – [[Kevin Rudd]], Australian politician and diplomat, 26th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] *[[1958]] – [[Rick Mahorn]], American basketball player and coach * 1958 – [[Simon Mayo]], English radio host *[[1959]] – [[Crin Antonescu]], Romanian educator and politician, former Interim [[President of Romania]] * 1959 – [[Andrzej Buncol]], Polish footballer * 1959 – [[Dave Coulier]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1959 – [[Danny Cox (baseball)|Danny Cox]], English-American baseball player and coach * 1959 – [[Corinne Drewery]], English singer-songwriter and fashion designer *[[1960]] – [[David James Elliott]], Canadian-American actor and director<ref name="AP" /> * 1960 – [[Masoumeh Ebtekar]], Iranian journalist, politician and scientist, first woman Vice President of [[Iran]] * 1960 – [[Kelley Eskridge]], American author and screenwriter * 1960 – [[Musalia Mudavadi]], Kenyan politician and Former Deputy Prime Minister * 1960 – [[Graham Southern]], English art dealer and gallery owner * 1960 – [[Maurizio Cattelan]], Italian sculptor *[[1961]] – [[Billy Collins, Jr.]], American boxer (died 1984) * 1961 – [[Dan Borislow]], American businessman and inventor (died 2014) * 1961 – [[Serena Scott Thomas]], English actress and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[Nancy Travis]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1962]] – [[Rob Morrow]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1963]] – [[Curtly Ambrose]], Antiguan cricketer and bass player * 1963 – [[Cecil Fielder]], American baseball player and manager * 1963 – [[Angus Macfadyen]], Scottish actor and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1963 – [[Mamoru Samuragochi]], Japanese composer * 1963 – [[Trevor Steven]], English footballer * 1963 – [[David J. Wales]], British academic and educator *[[1964]] – [[Jorge Drexler]], Uruguayan singer-songwriter * 1964 – [[Lester Quitzau]], Canadian guitarist *[[1965]] – [[Frédéric Beigbeder]], French author and critic * 1965 – [[Cheryl Hines]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1965 – [[Johanna Vuoksenmaa]], Finnish director and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Kerrin Lee-Gartner]], Canadian skier and journalist *[[1967]] – [[Faith Hill]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1967 – [[Suman Pokhrel]], Nepali poet, lyricist and playwright * 1967 – [[Tyler Stewart]], Canadian drummer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1968]] – [[Kevin Buzzard]], British mathematician * 1968 – [[David Jude Jolicoeur]], American rapper, songwriter, and producer (died 2023)<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Ricki Lake]], American actress, producer, and talk show host<ref name="AP" /> *[[1969]] – [[Anne Burrell]], American chef and television host<ref name="UPI" /> * 1969 – [[Jason Christiansen]], American baseball player * 1969 – [[Curtis Leschyshyn]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1969 – [[Billy Porter (actor)|Billy Porter]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1970]] – [[Rob Benedict]], American actor, screenwriter, and musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1970 – [[Melissa Ferrick]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1970 – [[Samantha Power]], Irish-American journalist, academic, and diplomat, 28th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] *[[1971]] – [[John Crawley]], English cricketer and academic * 1971 – [[James Lesure]], Americana actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1971 – [[Alfonso Ribeiro]], American actor, director, and comedian<ref name="AP" /> * 1971 – [[Luke Wilson]], American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1972]] – [[Olivia Bonamy]], French actress * 1972 – [[Liam Gallagher]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="UPI" /> * 1972 – [[Jon Kitna]], American football player and coach *[[1973]] – [[Vanessa Grigoriadis]], American journalist and author * 1973 – [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]], Spanish tennis player * 1973 – [[Oswaldo Sánchez]], Mexican footballer *[[1974]] – [[Bryce Drew]], American basketball player and coach * 1974 – [[Andy Todd (footballer born 1974)|Andy Todd]], English footballer and manager *[[1975]] – [[Doug Davis (pitcher)|Doug Davis]], American baseball player *[[1976]] – [[Jonas Bjerre]], Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1976 – [[Poul Hübertz]], Danish footballer and manager *[[1977]] – [[Kārlis Lācis]], Latvian pianist and composer * 1977 – [[Andre Pärn]], Estonian basketball player * 1977 – [[Kohei Sato]], Japanese wrestler * 1977 – [[Brian Tallet]], American baseball player *[[1978]] – [[Paulo Costanzo]], Canadian actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Luke Godden]], Australian footballer * 1978 – [[Doug Howlett]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1979]] – [[James Allan (musician)|James Allan]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1979 – [[Richard Dunne]], Irish footballer * 1979 – [[Chris Gayle]], Jamaican cricketer * 1979 – [[Julian Gray]], English footballer * 1979 – [[Monika Merl]], German runner *[[1980]] – [[Nyree Kindred]], Welsh swimmer * 1980 – [[Tomas Scheckter]], South African race car driver * 1980 – [[Autumn Reeser]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1980 – [[Kareena Kapoor]], Indian actress *[[1981]] – [[Nicole Richie]], American actress, fashion designer, and author<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – [[Sarah Whatmore]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk2gQ1Ll5GX/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bk2gQ1Ll5GX |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Lover Of Music Life And Love on Instagram: "Ok @wikipedia my birthday isn't today wanting to set the record straight as I keep getting birthday messages... it's 21st September !!! And…"|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Eduardo Azevedo]], Brazilian race car driver * 1982 – [[Dominic Perrottet]], Australian politician, 46th [[Premier of New South Wales]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-1323879322-112688|title=Member for Epping|work=Hansard|date=22 September 2020}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Christos Tapoutos]], Greek basketball player * 1982 – [[Rowan Vine]], English footballer *[[1983]] – [[Ndiss Kaba Badji]], Senegalese athlete * 1983 – [[Fernando Cavenaghi]], Argentine footballer * 1983 – [[Francesco Dracone]], Italian race car driver * 1983 – [[Scott Evans (actor)|Scott Evans]], American actor<ref name="UPI" /> * 1983 – [[Anna Favella]], Italian actress * 1983 – [[Maggie Grace]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1983 – [[Cristian Hidalgo]], Spanish footballer * 1983 – [[Greg Jennings]], American football player * 1983 – [[Joseph Mazzello]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1983 – [[Anna Meares]], Australian track cyclist * 1983 – [[Reggie Nelson]], American football player * 1983 – [[Rafael Marques Pinto]], Brazilian footballer *[[1984]] – [[Dwayne Bowe]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dwayne Bowe |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/10467/dwayne-bowe |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Ahna O'Reilly]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1984 – [[Ben Wildman-Tobriner]], American swimmer * 1984 – [[Wale (rapper)|Wale]], American rapper<ref name="AP" /> *[[1985]] – [[Justin Durant]], American football player *[[1986]] – [[Faris Badwan]], English singer-songwriter * 1986 – [[Lindsey Stirling]], American violinist and composer *[[1987]] – [[Jimmy Clausen]], American football player * 1987 – [[Anthony Don]], Australian rugby league player * 1987 – [[Marcelo Estigarribia]], Paraguayan footballer * 1987 – [[Ryan Guzman]], American actor and model<ref name="AP" /> * 1987 – [[Murilo Maccari]], Brazilian footballer * 1987 – [[Ashley Paris]], American basketball player * 1987 – [[Courtney Paris]], American basketball player * 1987 – [[Michał Pazdan]], Polish footballer * 1987 – [[Ivelisse Vélez]], Puerto Rican wrestler *[[1988]] – [[Doug Baldwin]], American football player * 1988 – [[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]], Pakistani politician *[[1989]] – [[Jason Derulo]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="UPI" /> * 1989 – [[Sandor Earl]], Australian rugby league player * 1989 – [[Manny Harris]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Manny Harris |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202412/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Emma Watkins]], Australian singer and actress *[[1990]] – [[Al-Farouq Aminu]], American basketball player * 1990 – [[Danny Batth]], English footballer * 1990 – [[Rob Cross (darts player)|Rob Cross]], English darts player * 1990 – [[Ivan Dorschner]], American-Filipino model and actor * 1990 – [[Sam Kasiano]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1990 – [[Allison Scagliotti]], American actress and musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1990 – [[Christian Serratos]], American actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1991]] – [[Anastassia Kovalenko]], Estonian motorcycle racer * 1991 – [[Carlos Martínez (pitcher, born 1991)|Carlos Martínez]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos Martinez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/carlos-martinez-593372 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Chen (singer)|Kim Jong-dae]], South Korean singer-songwriter * 1992 – [[Rodrigo Godínez]], Mexican footballer * 1992 – [[Devyn Marble]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/marblde01.html|title=Devyn Marble Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more|website=Basketball – Reference.com}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Kirsty Gilmour]], Scottish badminton player<ref>{{cite web |title=Badminton {{!}} Athlete Profile: Kirsty GILMOUR – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/badminton/athlete-profile-n6027498-kirsty-gilmour.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Kwon Mina]], South Korean singer and actress * 1993 – [[Ante Rebić]], Croatian footballer *[[1994]] – [[Devin Williams (baseball)|Devin Williams]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Devin Williams |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/devin-williams-642207 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Bruno Caboclo]], Brazilian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruno Caboclo |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203998/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Máscara de Bronce]], Mexican wrestler * 1998 – [[Yainer Díaz]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yainer Diaz #21 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yainer-diaz-673237 |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Wang Junkai]], Chinese singer<ref>{{cite news |author1=Jiang Jie |title=Chinese heartthrob celebrates the world's most high-profile 18th birthday |url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0925/c90000-9273374.html |access-date=10 October 2023 |work=People's Daily |date=25 September 2017 |quote=Wang, whose 18th birthday fell on Sept. 21...}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Alexander Isak]], Eritrean-Swedish professional footballer ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[19 BC]] – [[Virgil]], Roman poet (born 70 BC) * [[454]] – [[Flavius Aetius]], Roman general and politician (born 396) * [[687]] – [[Pope Conon]] (born 630) *[[1026]] – [[Otto-William, Count of Burgundy]] *[[1217]] – [[Lembitu]], Estonian king and military leader * 1217 – [[Caupo of Turaida]] *[[1235]] – [[Andrew II of Hungary]] (born 1175) *[[1256]] – [[William of Kilkenny]], [[Lord Chancellor]] of England *[[1327]] – [[Edward II of England]] (born 1284)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward II of England: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/e/edwardiiengland.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1397]] – [[Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel]], English admiral (born 1346) *[[1558]] – [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] (born 1500)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles V {{!}} Accomplishments, Reign, Abdication, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-V-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1576]] – [[Gerolamo Cardano]], Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (born 1501) *[[1586]] – [[Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle]], French cardinal and diplomat (born 1517) ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Jan Pieterszoon Coen]], Governor-General of the [[Dutch East Indies]] (born 1587) *[[1637]] – [[William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel]] (born 1602) *[[1643]] – Emperor [[Hong Taiji]] of China (born 1592) *[[1709]] – [[Ivan Mazepa]], Ukrainian statesman, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (born 1639) *[[1719]] – [[Johann Heinrich Acker]], German historian and academic (born 1647) *[[1743]] – [[Jai Singh II]], Indian king (born 1688) *[[1748]] – [[John Balguy]], English philosopher and author (born 1686) *[[1796]] – [[François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers]], French general (born 1769) *[[1798]] – [[George Read (U.S. statesman)|George Read]], American lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Governor of Delaware]] (born 1733) *[[1812]] – [[Emanuel Schikaneder]], German actor and playwright (born 1751) *[[1832]] – [[Walter Scott]], Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (born 1771) *[[1860]] – [[Arthur Schopenhauer]], German philosopher and author (born 1788) *[[1874]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont]], French geologist and engineer (born 1798) *[[1880]] – [[Manuel Montt]], Chilean scholar and politician, 6th [[President of Chile]] (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Chief Joseph]], American tribal leader (born 1840) *[[1905]] – [[Nikolay Benardos]], Ukrainian inventor (born 1842) *[[1906]] – [[Samuel Arnold (conspirator)|Samuel Arnold]], American conspirator (born 1838) *[[1926]] – [[Léon Charles Thévenin]], French engineer (born 1857) *[[1933]] – [[Kenji Miyazawa]], Japanese author and poet (born 1896) *[[1937]] – [[Osgood Perkins]], American actor (born 1892) *[[1938]] – [[Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić]], Croatian author and poet (born 1874) *[[1939]] – [[Armand Călinescu]], Romanian economist and politician, 39th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (born 1893) *[[1942]] – [[John Symes (cricketer)|John Symes]], English cricketer (born 1879) *[[1944]] – [[Alexander Koshetz]], Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (born 1875) * 1944 – [[Artur Phleps]], Romanian general (born 1881) *[[1947]] – [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1878) *[[1953]] – [[Necmettin Sadak]], Turkish publisher and politician, 10th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1890) *[[1954]] – [[Mikimoto Kōkichi]], Japanese businessman (born 1858) *[[1956]] – [[Bill Struth]], Scottish footballer and manager (born 1875) *[[1957]] – [[Haakon VII of Norway]] (born 1872) *[[1958]] – [[Peter Whitehead (racing driver)|Peter Whitehead]], English race car driver (born 1914) *[[1961]] – [[Ed Oliver (golfer)|Ed Oliver]], American golfer (born 1915) *[[1962]] – [[Bo Carter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1892) *[[1963]] – [[Paulino Masip]], Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1899) *[[1964]] – [[Josef Müller (entomologist)|Josef Müller]], Croatian entomologist (born 1880) *[[1966]] – [[Paul Reynaud]], French lawyer and politician, 118th [[Prime Minister of France]] (born 1878) *[[1971]] – [[Bernardo Houssay]], Argentinian physiologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1887) *[[1972]] – [[Henry de Montherlant]], French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (born 1896) *[[1974]] – [[Walter Brennan]], American actor (born 1894) * 1974 – [[Jacqueline Susann]], American author and actress (born 1918) *[[1975]] – [[Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu]], Turkish painter and poet (born 1911) *[[1976]] – [[Benjamin Graham]], British-American economist, professor, and investor (born 1894)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/23/archives/benjamin-graham-securities-expert-author-and-financier-dead-at-82.html |title=Benjamin Graham, Securities Expert |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Cray |first=Douglas W. |date=September 23, 1976 |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Orlando Letelier]], Chilean economist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile)|Minister of Foreign Affairs for Chile]] (born 1932) *[[1982]] – [[Ivan Bagramyan]], Russian general (born 1897) *[[1983]] – [[Andrew Brewin]], Canadian politician (born 1907) * 1983 – [[Bob Donham]], American basketball player (born 1926) * 1983 – [[Bada Rajan]], Indian [[Gangster|mobster]] (born unknown) * 1983 – [[Birgit Tengroth]], Swedish actor (born 1915) * 1983 – [[Willy Trenk-Trebitsch]], Austrian actor (born 1902) * 1983 – [[Xavier Zubiri]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] [[philosopher]] (born 1898) *[[1985]] – [[Gu Long]], Chinese author and screenwriter (born 1937) *[[1987]] – [[Jaco Pastorius]], American bass player, composer, and producer (born 1951) *[[1988]] – [[Glenn Robert Davis]], American lieutenant and politician (born 1914) *[[1989]] – [[Rajini Thiranagama]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (born 1954) *[[1990]] – [[Takis Kanellopoulos]], Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1933) *[[1991]] – [[Gordon Bashford]], English engineer (born 1916) *[[1992]] – [[Tarachand Barjatya]], Indian film producer, founded [[Rajshri Productions]] (born 1914) *[[1995]] – [[Rudy Perpich]], American dentist and politician, 34th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (born 1928) *[[1998]] – [[Florence Griffith Joyner]], American sprinter (born 1959) *[[2000]] – [[Jacques Flynn]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 35th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (born 1915) * 2000 – [[Leonid Rogozov]], Russian physician and surgeon (born 1934) *[[2002]] – [[Robert L. Forward]], American physicist and science fiction author (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Benford|first1=Gregory|last2=Benford|first2=James|date=2003-08-01|title=Robert Lull Forward|journal=Physics Today|volume=56|issue=8|pages=66–67|doi=10.1063/1.1611362|bibcode=2003PhT....56h..66B|issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Bob Mason (actor)|Bob Mason]], English actor and screenwriter (born 1952) *[[2006]] – [[Tasos Athanasiadis]], Greek author (born 1913) *[[2007]] – [[Hallgeir Brenden]], Norwegian skier (born 1929) * 2007 – [[Alice Ghostley]], American actress (born 1923) * 2007 – [[Rex Humbard]], American evangelist and television host (born 1919) *[[2009]] – [[Robert Ginty]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1948) *[[2011]] – [[John Du Cann]], English guitarist (born 1946) * 2011 – [[Jun Henmi]], Japanese author and poet (born 1939) * 2011 – [[Pamela Ann Rymer]], American lawyer and judge (born 1941) *[[2012]] – [[José Curbelo]], Cuban-American pianist and manager (born 1917) * 2012 – [[Yehuda Elkana]], Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1934) * 2012 – [[Sven Hassel]], Danish-German soldier and author (born 1917) * 2012 – [[Bill King (Royal Navy officer)|Bill King]], English commander, sailor, and author (born 1910) * 2012 – [[Tom Umphlett]], American baseball player and manager (born 1930) *[[2013]] – [[Kofi Awoonor]], Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Michel Brault]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) * 2013 – [[Harl H. Haas, Jr.]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1932) * 2013 – [[Walter Wallmann]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of Ministers-President of Hesse|Minister-President of Hesse]] (born 1932) * 2013 – [[Ko Wierenga]], Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1933) *[[2014]] – [[Michael Harari]], Israeli intelligence officer (born 1927) * 2014 – [[Caldwell Jones]], American basketball player and coach (born 1950) * 2014 – [[Sheldon Patinkin]], American director and playwright (born 1935) *[[2015]] – [[Yoram Gross]], Polish-Australian director and producer (born 1926) * 2015 – [[Ray Warleigh]], Australian-English saxophonist and flute player (born 1938) * 2015 – [[Richard Williamson (American football)|Richard Williamson]], American footballer and coach (born 1941) *[[2018]] – [[Trần Đại Quang]], President of [[Vietnam]] (born 1956) * 2018 – [[Vitaliy Masol]], Ukrainian Former Prime Minister (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unian.info/politics/10269456-ex-ukrainian-pm-masol-dies-at-89-media.html|title=Ex-Ukrainian PM Masol dies at 89 – media|date=2018-09-21|website=Unian News|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Arthur Ashkin]], American scientist and Nobel laureate (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Memoriam: Arthur Ashkin, 1922-2020|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/obituaries/arthur_ashkin/|access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Willie Garson]], American actor (born 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shafer|first=Ellise|date=2021-09-21|title=Willie Garson, 'Sex and the City' and 'White Collar' Actor, Dies at 57|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/willie-garson-dead-dies-sex-and-the-city-white-collar-actor-1235070748/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Raju Srivastav]], Indian comedian, actor and politician (born 1963)<ref>{{cite news |title=Comedian Raju Srivastava dies at 58, confirms family |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/comedian-raju-srivastava-dies-at-58-confirms-family-101663736932700.html |access-date=21 September 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=21 September 2022 }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Walewska Oliveira]], Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic champion (born 1979)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-22 |title=Morre Walewska, campeã olímpica com a seleção de vôlei, aos 43 anos |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/ultimas-noticias/2023/09/22/morre-walewska-volei.htm |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=UOL |language=pt-br}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Raquel Blandón]], Guatemalan lawyer and activist, [[First Lady of Guatemala]] (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-21 |title=Fallece la activista y política Raquel Blandón Sandoval |url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/fallece-la-activista-y-politica-raquel-blandon-sandoval-breaking/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |language=es-GT}}</ref> *2024 – [[Benny Golson]], American saxophonist and composer (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson dies at 95 |url=https://apnews.com/article/benny-golson-jazz-dead-8ca40289c6a217e6009c423dbae87465 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Eddie Low]], New Zealand country singer and musician (born 1943)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2024 |title=Legendary singer Eddie Low passes away |url=https://www.eddielow.co.nz/site_files/34167/upload_files/LegendarysingerEddieLowpassesawayafterabattlewithcancer_20240821.pdf |website=Eddie Low}}</ref> *2024 – [[Mercury Morris]], American football player (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=September 22, 2024 |title=Mercury Morris, Elusive Rusher on a Perfect Dolphins Team, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/sports/mercury-morris-dead.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Autumn equinox (Northern Hemisphere)|Autumnal equinox]] observances in the Northern Hemisphere, [[September equinox|vernal equinox]] observances in the Southern Hemisphere (see [[September 22]]): **[[Spring Day (Argentina)]] *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Ephigenia of Ethiopia]] **[[Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert]] (one of the [[Korean Martyrs]]) **[[Matthew the Evangelist]] ([[Western Church]]) **[[Nativity of the Theotokos]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]], [[Julian calendar]]) **[[September 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Arbor Day (Brazil)]] *[[Proclamation No. 1081|Commemoration of the Declaration of Martial Law]] ([[Philippines]]) *[[Customs Service Day]] ([[Poland]]) *[[Founder's Day (Ghana)|Founder's Day]] and [[National Volunteer Day]] ([[Ghana]]) *[[Independence Day (Armenia)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Armenia]] from the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991. *[[Independence Day (Belize)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Belize]] from the United Kingdom in 1981. *[[Independence Day (Malta)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Malta]] from the United Kingdom in 1964. *[[International Day of Peace]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *[[Student's Day (Bolivia)]] *[[Victory over the Golden Horde in the Battle of Kulikovo]] (Russia) == Other == * In the popular 1978 song "[[September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|September]]" by [[Earth, Wind & Fire]], the date is mentioned in the lyric "Do you remember the 21st night of September?" Reference to this date has gained popularity due to the song's spread as an [[internet meme]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/9/21/17887990/earth-wind-fire-september-21-meme-demi-adejuyigbe|title=Do you remember the very best meme of September?|website=Vox|date=2018-09-21}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=21}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/21 |title=Historical Events on September 21 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:September 21}} [[Category:Days of September]]
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